NATURAL HISTORY

DOGS, BEE-KEEPING, MAMMALS, INSECTS, REPTILES, INVERTRABREA

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1. ADAMS ALEXANDER  B. The Eternal Quest. The story  of  the great naturalists. illus. with 12 full page plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Constable 1970 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.510.      Price: $35.00
2. AGOSTINI M.G. The Greyhound In Australia. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1969 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.136. pedigrees, and race records. Fine.    Price: $50.00
3. AGRICULTURE Dept. Of Vic. Bee-Keeping In Victoria. illus. with many plates, dgms. t/out. pub. Vic. Govt. Printer 1964 or. crm. illus. wps. roy.8vo. pp.194. Very good condition.    Price: $35.00

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4. ALLAN JOYCE Australian Shells. With related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. illus. with  44 full page plates t/out. of which 12 are col. text dwgs.  by author, pub. Melb. Georgian House 1950 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. cr.4to. pp.XX.470. sl. chipped d/w. almost fine copy.     Price: $100.00
5.  ARCHER MICHAEL   The Kangaroo profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. Location maps pub. Sydney Mcmahons Point, Weldons Pty Ltd 1985; or. red cloth with black lettering and coloured illus. to front board; roy.4to. pp.264. very fine copy.     Price: $45.00
6. ARCHER MICHAEL Dr. Steven Cork, Suzanne J. Hand and others, Ed. by Leonard Cronin. Koala Australia's Endearing Marsupial. illus. with plates, maps, diagrams; pub. Sydney, Reed Books 1987 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.136.     Price: $40.00
7. AUSTRALIAN And New Zealand Greyhound Stud Book -The Compiled by Gavin Fitzpatrick. Volume 39 1991 illus. with text plates, pub. Melb. The Australian and New Zealand Greyhound Association, 1991 or. green cl. gilt. Roy.8vo pp.780.     Price: $40.00

    

8. AUSTRALIAN  Animal And Birds. profusely illus. with  plates t/out. mostly full page pub. Syd. John Fairfax & Co.  (Syd. Morning Herald  Publication)  nd.193-?  or.  b/w.  &  grn. illus.wps. 8vo.obl. pp.32. fine.      Price: $25.00
9. BADCOCK Lt. Col. G.H.  Disobedient Dogs And Other Matters.  illus. with frontis. and 11 full page plates t/out. pub. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1933, or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222 Dog handler's guide with foreword by Lady Kitty Ritson. Chipped and torn d/w. else fine.     Price: $45.00
10. BARR  DONALD Rambler's Harvest. A Miscellany  for  Nature Lovers.  An  anthology  of prose and  verse  for  the  bush wanderer  and Nature Lover. illus. with several line  dwgs. t/pout.  some full page pub. Melb. Georgian House 1944  or. stiff card d/w. 12mo. pp.112. fine.      Price: $20.00
11. BAKER W.JNO Goldfish In Australia.  With  a section on Tropical Fish. illus. with col. frontis. & b/w. text plates t/out.  pub.  Syd. Grahame Book Co.  1947  or.cl.  roy.8vo. pp.86.     Price: $35.00

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12. BANKS NOEL J. Compiled By. The Australian And New Zealand Greyhound Studbook. illus. with several text plates  t/out. pub. Melb. 1976 Volome 25 or.dk.grn.cl. roy.8vo.  glt.  to spine &  f/bd. pp.1020. some notes to f. &  rear  e/papers otherwise fine.    Price: $75.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs

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13. BARKER K.F.   Just Dogs  illus. with full page drawings of dogs accompanied by notes on their characters, (77) pub. London Country Life, 1937 First pub 1933 or. brown cloth, 4to. pp.XIV,74 A collection of drawings - sketches in pen and pencil - of dogs the artist has met. Front board slight water stain else very good copy.    Price: $60.00
14. BARKER H.M. Camels And The Outback. illus. with frontis.  & 11  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Pitman &  Sons  1964 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.226.  d/w.  little  worn.     Price: $55.00
15. BARRETT  CHARLES Australian Caves Cliffs  And  Waterfalls. illus.  with  frontis. & 47 full page  plates  t/out.  pub. Melb. Georgian House 1944 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.  pp.128. d/w. torn & chipped.     Price: $45.00
16. BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature Pictures. illus. with frontis.  &  22 full page photo plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Alexander McCubbin 1922 or.wps. 4to. pp.60. good copy.      Price: $55.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
17. BARRETT CHARLES Australian Nature Pictures. illus. with tipped -in frontis.  &  32 full page tipped-in photo plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Alexander McCubbin nd. ab. 1920 or.wps. 4to. pp.74. very fine copy. Limited to 500 copies.       Price: $85.00
18. BARRETT  CHARLES The  Weekly  Times  Wild  Nature  Book. Melbourne Centenary Souvenir. illus. with 80 full page col. plates of Australian birds and animals pub.  Melb.  Weekly Times 1934 or.grn.illus.cl. 4to.obl. pp.166 little spotty.       Price: $55.00

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19. BARRETT CHARLES The Weekly Times. Wild Nature Book. illus. with 34 full page plates, and 22 photo plates of Australian Animals  & Birds. pub. Melb. 1931 or.col.  illus.wps.  8vo. pp.96. hinges loose otherwise fine.      Price: $40.00
20. BARRETT CHARLES? No author noted. Similar to above. The Weekly Times. Wild Nature Book.  illus. with 85 coloured prints of birds and animals. 45 native; 90 supplements from the 'Wild Nature Series', pub. Melbourne The Weekly Times, 1932 – 1934; two holes punched at pine and held stiff grey card folder 4to. pp.90. (single sided).  Very good copy. Price: $50.00
21. BARRETT  CHARLES   Australian Nature Wonders.  illus.  with frontis. & 15 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Robertson & Mullens 1944 or.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.60. sl. tear to  pp.31 otherwise fine.      Price: $25.00

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22. BARRETT  CHARLES Rambles  Round  The  Zoo.  illus.  with frontis.  &  43 plates pub. Melb. Whitcombe  &  Tombs  1923 1st ed. or.cl. cr.8vo. pp.124.       Price: $35.00
23. BARRETT  CHARLES Koala. The Story of  Australia's  Native Bear. illus.  with frontis. & 14 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1937 1st.ed. or. crm. illus. stiff wps. cr.8vo. pp.32. tape mark to rear wp.  otherwise       Price: $35.00
24. BARRETT  CHARLES Australia's Coral Realm. Wonders of  Sea, Reef, and Shore. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Robertson  &  Mullens  1943   or.crm. illus.wps. pp.48. fine.       Price: $25.00
25. BARRETT CHARLES Wildlife Of Australia & New Guinea. illus. with col. frontis. & 22 full page plates t/out. pub.  Melb. Heinemann  1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.  pp.XII.230.  very sl. chipped d/w. otherwise fine.      Price: $50.00
26. BARRETT  CHARLES An Australian Animal Book.  illus.  with frontis.  &  64 full page plates t/out. pub.  Melb.  Oxford Uni. Press 1955 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.326. fine  in  the chipped d/w.     Price: $40.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
27. BARRETT  CHARLES Australia's  Wonder  Animals.  profusely illus.  with  plates t/out. 5 full page  pub.  Melb. (Sun Nature  Book No.6)  The  Sun  News   Pictorial   nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.42. fine.      Price: $25.00
28. BARRETT  CHARLES Gems  Of The  Bush.  Featuring Orchids, birds'  Eggs,  etc. profusely illus. with plates  t/out.  5 full  page pub. Melb. (Sun Nature Book No.5) The Sun  News Pictorial nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.42. fine.       Price: $25.00
29. BARRETT  CHARLES The Sun Zoo Book. profusely  illus.  with plates  t/out. 4 full page & col. pub. Melb.  (Sun  Nature Book No.9) nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.44. Almost fine.      Price: $25.00

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30. BARRETT  CHARLES The Bunyip. And other  mythical monsters and  legends. illus. with 24 full page plates  t/out.  pub. Melb. 1946 or.bds. f'cap.4to. pp.120. bds. sl. rubbed good copy.      Price: $65.00
31. BARRETT  CHARLES The World's Wonder Animal. The Platypus. illus. with black-and-white photographic frontispiece of ' Splash ' on his fourth birthday in captivity, 15 full page plates t/out. Photographic front cover, showing a platypus, pub. Robertson  & Mullens 1944 1st.ed. or.blk. & red wps.  12mo. pp.64. fine.    Price: $25.00
32. BARRETT  CHARLES A.N. BURNS Butterflies  Of  Australia And New Guinea. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. &  10 text fig. pub. Melb. N.H. Seward 1951 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.X.188. fine in the chipped and worn d/w.      Price: $50.00

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33. BAVERSTOCK FELICITY Fraser Island. Sands Of Time. Story of the forming of Fraser Island. illus. with col. photo plates t/out.  by  Densey  Clyne some full page  from  the  Chris Wilcox film  pub.  Syd.  ABC  1985  1st.ed.  or.cl.   d/w. cr.4to.obl. pp.144.      Price: $25.00
34. BEAUMARIS  Tree  Preservation Society. Native  Plants  and Seaside  Gardens. Local Lore, Birds and  Wildflowers.  pub. Melb. 1954 or.grn.wps. 8vo. pp.10.      Price: $10.00
35. BEEBE WILLIAM The Arcturus Adventure. An Account of the New Your Zoological Society'’s First Oceanographic Expedition. illus. with 77 photo plates in col. & maps, col. illus. e/papers pub. N.Y. Putmam 1926 1st ed. or. dark green cl. roy.8vo. glt. ltg. to spine and f/bd. pp.XX.440. Good copy.      Price: $100.00

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36. BIDDELL  GREG  & COL STRINGER Crocodiles  Of Australia. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page &  col. pub. Adventure Pub. nd.199-? or. col.illus.bds. 4to. pp.80.    Price: $25.00
37. BLUNT WILFRID The Complete Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. of which 32  are  full page  & col. pub. Lond. Collins 1971 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.256.    Price: $55.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
38. BENNETT  ISOBEL The Fringe Of The Sea. illus.  with  179 photo plates  by F.G. Myers pub. Adel. Rigby  1974  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.262.      Price: $35.00
39. BOOTH EVELYN M.   All About The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel   illus. with b/w. photographs, index, pub. London, Pelham Books, 1984, or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.174 . Fine copy.     Price: $45.00
40. BRACHT WILLIAM H.    Greyhounds and Mechanical Lure Racing. illus. with 30 full page plates t/out. & tables; pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. sl. chipped wrapper else very good copy.     Price: $30.00
41. BREEDEN  STANLEY & KAY Australia's South East.  A  natural history of Australia 2. illus. with one map, plates  t/out. some  full  page  & col. pub. Melb.  Collins  1972  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.256.      Price: $45.00

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42. BRAZENOR  C.W. - The Mammals Of Victoria. And  the  Dental Characteristics  of Monotremes and  Australian  Marsupials. illus. with col. frontis. & numerous dwgs. t/out. pub. 1950 Melb. National Museum Of Vic. Aust. Handbook No.1.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.126. child's colouring in (one dwg.)      Price: $30.00
     

43. BURRELL  HARRY The Platypus. illus. with  32  full  page plates  t/out.  pub.  Adel. Rigby  1974  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.226. fine.     Price: $35.00
44. BUSTARD  ROBERT Australian Sea  Turtles.  Their Natural History and Conservation. with e/paper maps & 22 full  page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1972 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.220.     Price: $35.00
45. CAMERON HECTOR CHARLES Sir Joseph Banks illus. with 10 b/w illus. pub. Sydney. 1966. Angus & Robertson. Reprint of the 1952 original. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.341 Joseph Banks on his return from the voyage of the Endeavour with Cook. fine.     Price: $50.00
46. CAYLEY NEVILLE W. Col. Drawings & text by Ronald Strahan. What Mammal Is That? illus. with over 250 species in col. pub. Syd. Cornstalk Pub. 1995 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XXXIV.270.      Price: $55.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
47. CAYLEY NEVILLE W. Furred Animals Of Australia. illus. with 25  full  page  plates t/out. in col.  pub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1946 or..dk.grn.cl. roy.8vo. pp.XXXII.376.  very sl. flecked else fine.     Price: $45.00

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48. CHISHOLM ALEC H. Nature Fantasy In Australia. illus.  with col.  plate, a regional map and 80 photo plates  from  life pub.  Lond. J.M. Dent 1932 1st.ed. or.glt.tld. to cl.  8vo. pp.XIV.196. sl. spotty & lacking rear e/paper.      Price: $45.00

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49. CHISHOLM  ALEC H. (Selected by). Land Of Wonder. The Best Australian  Nature Writing. with e/paper illus. title  page vign. &  14  dwgs.  by Margaret Coen  pub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXII.314.      Price: $30.00
50. CHISHOLM A.C. The Joy Of The Earth. Autobiography. illus. with 3 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Collins 1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.368.     Price: $35.00
51. CLARKE  H.  EDWARDS The Modern  Greyhound.  illus.  with frontis.   &  22  full  page  plates  t/out.   pub.   Lond. Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes 1947 or.grn.cl. 4to.  pp.222.  sl.  worn  cloth,  spine  lettering   worn, difficult to read otherwise good.     Price: $65.00
52. CLYNE DENSEY    A Guide To Australian Spiders. Their Collection and Identification. profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly col. text drawings; pub. Melbourne & Sydney, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd, 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.VII.168. Fine. Detailed guide and reference dealing with Australian spiders, with instructions on collecting, identifying, and establishing a scientifically valid collection.    Price: $35.00
53. CLYNE DENSEY The Garden Jungle illus. with colour photos, black & white sketches. pub. Sydney Collins 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.184 . The naturalist takes a guided tour of the rich tapestry of miniature wildlife in her own backyard. fine condition.     Price: $50.00
54. COGGER HAROLD G.  Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia  profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Sydney Reed Books, 1996 fifth edition with amendments; or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.796. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise near fine.    Price: $175.00
55. COLEMAN  NEVILLE Shell Collecting In  Australia.  illus. with e/paper  maps & profusely illus.  with  photo  plates t/out.  some col. pub. Syd. Reed 1976 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.176.    Price: $45.00
56. COMMON I.F.B.  Moths Of Australia. illus. with 55 full page b/w.  plates  & 32 full page col. plates, text  dwgs.  pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1990 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.536. The only comprehensive book to cover the enormous diversity of Australian moths. More than 1000 of the 10,000 named species are illustrated and there are detailed descriptions and figures of egg, larvae, pupae and adult. All aspects of moth biology are discussed including life history, population control, economic significance, evolution, distribution, food plants, larval hosts and collecting. v/fine.      Price: $150.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
57. COMMONWEALTH    Scientific    And    Industrial    Research Organization. The Insects Of Australia. A  Textbook  for Students and Research Workers. illus. with  plates,  dwgs. t/out.  9  full page & col. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1973  or.cl.  d/w. 4to.  pp.XIV.1030. & Supplement pp.VIII.146. 2  vols.  fine set in sl. rubbed and chipped d/w's.      Price: $150.00
58. CONDER PAMELA   With Wings On Their Fingers An Intimate View of the Flyong Foxwith 16 col. illus. .& 38 drawings by author, numerous appendices and bibliography; pub. Sydney. Angus & Robertson. 1994 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VIII,168 Fine. Account of author's study of the social structure of these large fruit eating bats commonly called Flying-foxes.    Price: $40.00
59. COOKE TONY   Exhibition And Pet Mice  illus. with 8 colour & b/w. plates pub. Surrey; Spur Publications, 1977 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp..XII,164. Notes hand written in rear free e/paper else fine copy.     Price: $45.00
60. CORBETT  DAVID Yorke Peninsula. A Natural History.  illus. with  plates, maps, dgms. t/out. pub. Adel. Dept. of  Adult Education  The Uni. of Adel. 1973  or.illus.wps.  pp.X.212.    Price: $30.00
61. COTTON  BERNARD C. South Australian Shells. illus. with  6 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Adel. S.A. Museum  1946  or. grey wps. 4to. pp.14. Price: $20.00
62. COUSTEAU  JACQUES-YVES PHILIPPE DIOLE Dolphins. Undersea Discoveries of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. illus.  with 105 photo  plates in col. pub. Lond. Cassell  &  Co.  1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.304.      Price: $35.00
63. COX  IAN  The Scallop. Studies of  a  Shell  and  its influences  on humankind  by eight  authors.  with  illus. e/papers & profusely illus. with text dwgs. full page  col. plates t/out. pub. Lond. `Shell' Transport and Trading  Co. 1957 1st.ed. or.dec.cl. 4to. pp.135.     Price: $35.00
64. CRONIN  LEONARD Ed. by. Dr. Archer Michael,  Stephen Cork, Suzanne  hand, Stephen Phillips and Malcolm  Smith. Koala Australia's Endearing Marsupial. illus. with col.  frontis. & profusely illus. with col. plates & maps,  dgms.  t/out. some  full page, pub. Syd. Reed 1987 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.136.    Price: $30.00

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65. CURREY J.E.B. Reflections On The Colony Of New South Wales. By George Caley Explorer and Natural History Collector for Sir Joseph Banks. Ed. By J.b. Currey. illus. with e/paper maps & text map pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1966 1st.ed. or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. XVI.240.      Price: $45.00
66. D'ABRERA  BERNARD Butterflies Of The  Australian  Region. illus.  with col. plates t/out. some full page  pub.  Melb. Lansdowne 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. super roy.4to.  pp.416. fine in the sl. torn d/w.      Price: $300.00
67. D'ABRERA BERNARD Butterflies Of The Oriental Region. III. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page  & col.  pub. Melb. Hill House  1986  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. roy.4to.  pp.XVI.136. little scuffed to top of  pages,  else fine.     Price: $400.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
68. DAKIN W.J. -  Australian Seashores. A guide for  the  beach-lover, the  naturalist,  the  shore  fisherman,  and   the student. illus. with frontis. & 99 full page plates  t/out. some col. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1960 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.372.      Price: $40.00
69. DALZIEL HUGH   The Greyhound; Its History, Points, Breeding, Rearing, Training and Running illus. with chromolithograph colour frontispiece. pub. London: L Upcott Gill, 18871st.ed. From the Monographs on British Dogs Series. orig. dark green cl, black and gilt stamped picture boards 8vo. pp.VIII.88. 8 advts. Fine copy.     Price: $150.00
70. DARWIN CHARLES On The Structure And Distribution Of Coral Reefs. Also, geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. illus. with portrait, maps, some folding, plates and numerous illustrations; pub. London, Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. c.1900 original decorated red cloth 8vo. pp.XVI.560.6. fine copy.      Price: $95.00
71. DENLINGER MILO G.  The Complete Pekingese. illus. with text plates t/out. genealogy chart. pub. Denlinger. Maryland 1949 or. purple cl. gilt. Acetate d/w. roy.8vo. pp.132. A history of the breed, outline of the points of the well-bred dog, grooming, etc. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
72. DENLINGER, MILO G.  The Complete Dachshund. illus. with drawings by Edwin Megargee, and text plates t/out. pub. Denlinger. Richmond VA. 1954 3^rd ed. or.cl. gilt. roy.8vo. pp.144,4 with list of champions. Very good copy.     Price: $40.00
73. DEWAR DOUGLAS and Frank Finn The     Making Of The Species with 14 plates, black and white illustrations pub. London: Lane/The Bodley Head, 1909 or. red cl. glt. to spine and front bd. 8vo pp.XIX.400,16 advts, Slightly faded to spine else very good copy.     Price: $70.00
74. DOMM STEVEN   Corals Of The Great Barrier Reef profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Sydney Ure Smith 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128. Under-water photographs of corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, supported with authoritative text on coral classifications, biology, and coral reef ecology. Fine.    Price: $30.00
75. EADIE ROBERT The Platypus Its Life  And  Habits. With sidelights  on  `Splash'  the  tame  platypus.  Australia's Amazing Animal. illus. with frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Stillwell & Stephens 1935 1st.ed.  or. crm. & sepia tinted pict. Boards pp.78.ex lib. fine.      Price: $85.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
76. EDWARDS  HUGH  Crocodile Attack  In  Australia.  profusely illus.  with  plates t/out. many col. pub. Syd.  Swan  Pub. 1988  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192     Price: $40.00
77. EDWARDS  HUGH Crocodile Attack. Dramatic true  stories  of fatal and  near-fatal  encounters  between   humans   and crocodiles. Foreword by Paul Hogan illus. with 16 full page plates  t/out. pub. N.Y. Harper & Row 1989  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.240.      Price: $40.00
78. EMMEL THOMAS  C. Butterflies. Their  World,  Their  Life Cycle,  Their  Behaviour.  illus. with 120  full  page  col. plates  t/out.  pub.  Lond. Thames &  Hudson  1976  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.160.     Price: $50.00
79. EMMENS C. W.   Keeping And Breeding Aquarium Fishes. illus. with b/w. photo plates and line-drawn illustrations throughout; pub. New York Academic Press 1953 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.202. Slight chip lower spine of d/w. otherwise fine. Care and breeding of fish cold-water, goldfish and tropicals. Price: $25.00

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80. DOBROTWORSKY N.V. The Mosquitoes Of Victoria. illus.  with e/paper  maps and many line dwgs. t/out. pub. Melb.  M.U.P. 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.238.      Price: $45.00
81. ELLIOTT NEM    The Complete Alsation Edited and Revised By Percy Elliott illus. with seven drawings by the author and 125 photographs pub. London: Kaye & Ward, 1974 revised edition or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286 . German British and American titled dogs, fold-out pedigrees/ chipped d/w. else fine.     Price: $40.00
82. ELLIS ROSS, Bungonia Caves. Lindsay Hawkins, Robert Hawkins, Julia James, Gregory Middleton, Benjamin Nurse, Gleniss Wellings. Editorial committee. illus. with many plates, maps t/out. pub. Syd. The Sydney Speleological Society 1972 1st ed. or. black & orange bds. cr.4to. pp.XII.230 map in pocket at rear.   Price: $45.00
83. FINNEY C.M. To Sail Beyond The Sunset. Natural History in Australia 1699-1829. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Adel. Rigby 1984 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.206. very fine copy.     Price: $50.00
84. FLANNERY Australia's Vanishing Mammals.  Endangered and  Extinct  Native Species. profusely  illus.  with  col. plates  t/out.  some  full page pub. Syd.  RD  Press  1990 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.192.     Price: $45.00
85. FLANNERY  TIMOTHY  The Australian Museum. Mammals  Of New Guinea. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many col.  with location  text  maps pub. Qld. Robert Brown &  Assoc.  1990 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.IV.440.      Price: $90.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
86. FLANNERY TIM Paula Kendall Karen Wynn Moylan   Australia's Vanishing Mammals: Endangered and Extinct Native Species. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, all col. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. very fine copy.    Price: $45.00
87. FLEAY DAVID We Breed The Platypus. illus. with frontis.  & 15  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson &  Mullens 1944 or.brn.illus.wps. cr.8vo. pp.46.     Price: $30.00

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88. FLEAY DAVID Living With Animals. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1961 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp. pp.64.     Price: $30.00
89. FRANKEL  EDGAR Bibliography Of The  Great  Barrier  Reef Province.  pub. Canberra Aust. Govt. Pub. Service 1978  or. white and blu. illus. bds. cr.4to. pp.204.     Price: $45.00

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90. FREEMAN   W.H. BRIAN  BRACEGIRDLE An   Atlas  Of Invertebrate  Structure. illus. with dgms.,  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1973 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XII.130.     Price: $25.00
91. FRENCH C. A Handbook of The Destructive Insects Of Victoria. Illus. with chromolitho. col. plates, several b/w. and a few text figures pub. Melb. Govt. Printer or.cl. five vols. 1904, 1893,1900, 1909, 1911 8vo. pp. approx. 225 per vol. Spines faded, occasional early library stamp, clean inside, a v/good set.     Price: $250.00  
92. GABRIEL  C.G. Victorian  Sea  Shells.  A  Handbook   for collectors  and  Students. illus. with 6 full  page  plates t/out. one col. text plates & dwgs. pub. Field Naturalists' Club of Vic. 1936 or.lt.brnm. & grn. illus.wps. 8vo. pp.68. small hole at spine.      Price: $40.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
93. GILLIES WILLIAM M.A & Hall Robert C.M.Z.S., F.L.S    Nature Studies In Australia illus. with plates, drawings, col. frontis. pub. Melbourne Whitcombe & Tombs Limited undated ca. 1910 or. moss green cl. 12mo pp.XVI.308. Very good copy.     Price: $40.00
94. GOULD J.    Gould's Mammals. Selections from John Gould's Mammals of Australia. With modern commentaries by J.M.Dixon. illus. with 60 full-page col. plates. pub. London Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1978 Folio or.cl. d/w. pp.144.     Price: $65.00

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95. GOULD JOHN Australian Marsupials And  Monotremes.  illus. with  60 full page col. plates t/out. reproduced from  the 1863 ed. of The Mammals of Australia pub. N.Y. Doubleday  & co. 1975 or.blk.cl. folio pp.142 & card slip-case. fine.      Price: $75.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
96. GRAHAM R. PORTMAN Captain.   The Mating And Whelping Of Dogs  illus. with b/w line illustrations, index, pub. London Popular Dogs Publishing Co. Ltd, 1954 1st. ed. or. red cl. 12mo. pp.162. Spine little spotted, little shelf wear, else v/good.    Price: $25.00
97. GRIGG GORDEN  Richard  Shine  and  Harry  Ehmann  Ed.  by. Biology  Of  Australasian Frogs And Reptiles.  illus.  with maps, dgms.  plates,  some col. & full  page  pub.  N.S.W. Surrey  Beatty & Son in assoc. with The  Royal  Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1985 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XVI.528.    Price: $150.00  
98. GOODACRE W.A.   Bees And Honey  illus. with text plates, drawings, diagrams, pub. Sydney New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1966 4^th. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.140 Fine.    Price: $30.00
99. GUGGISBERG  C.A.W. Crocodiles.  Their Natural  History, Folklore  and Conservation. profusely illus.  with  plates, several  maps  t/out.  pub. Melb. Wren  Pub.  1972  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.204.    Price: $35.00
100. HALL  PATRICIA The Rottweiler In Australia. The  first  20 years 1962-1982. illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some  full page, np. by  author nd.1982? or.yell.  &  blk.bds.  8vo. pp.184.    Price: $50.00
101. HAMILTON-WILKES MONTY - Dogs In Australia. How to buy, breed, train and care for them. illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1963 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp. X.276.     Price: $35.00
102. HANES BAILEY C.   The Complete Bulldog  profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page pub. NY Howell House Inc. 1961 or. pink white pictorial cloth pink with white lettering on spine 8vo. pp.310. Fine.    Price: $45.00
103. HARRIS-CHING  RAYMOND Wild Portraits. illus.  with  many reproduced  paintings  & dwgs. by author mostly  full  page text by  Peter Hansard pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson  1988 or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.216. Over 200 plates of birds and mammals by this master artist; 180 of which appeared here for the first time.   Price: $125.00   Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
104. HARTWIG G. The Tropical World: Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe. illus. with 8 chromoxygraphic plates and numerous woodcuts. pub. London: Longmans, Green 1881 New edition in decorated covers with all page edges gilt. pp.XIX.556.24 advts. An attractive volume in fine condition.     Price: $125.00

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105. HILL  ROBIN Bushland And Seashore. illus. with  many  col. illus. t/out. some full page by author pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1962 or.illus.bds. 4to. pp.48. fine.      Price: $40.00
106. HILL  ROBIN The Corner. A Naturalist's Journeys in  South-Eastern  Australia. illus. with col.dwgs. t/out. by  author pub.  Melb. Lansdowne Press 1970 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.182.    Price: $35.00
107. HOGARTH T. W.  The Bull Terrier  illus. with 44 pages of plates mostly full page, one folding plate of kennels, pub. Manchester, Our Dogs nd. c. 1936 or. dark green limp cloth wrappers, 8vo. pp.192. Inscription inside front cover dated 1936. Browning and heavy spotting to endpapers, sl. spotting to edges. Lettering dulled to spine; else a very good copy.   Price: $150.00
108. HORNER TOM   All About The Bull Terrier   illus. with twenty-nine b/w. photographs, 11 drawings, 3 appendices (books, records to keep, other info.), and index. pub. London Pelham Books 1985 second edition, or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. All you need to know about the nuts and bolts of owning, understanding, breeding, showing and judging Bull Terriers. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
109. HOSER RAYMOND T. Australian Reptiles &  Frogs.  profusely illus.  with plates & maps where found t/out.  mostly  col. pub.  Syd. Pierson & Co. 1989 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  roy.4to. pp.238.     Price: $65.00
110. HOWCHIN  WALTER F.G.S. The Building Of Australia  And The Succession  Of  Life:  With  Special  Reference  to   South Australia. 3 vols. illus. with numerous text plates.  dwgs. t/out. pub. Govt. Printer S.A. 1925, 1928, 1930,  or grey  wps.  roy.8vo.  pp.Vol.I.204   Vol.II. 206 Vol.III 750,12. (Mesozoic, Cainozoic & Pleistocene and Recent) fine set.      Price: $85.00
111. HOWCHIN  WALTER F.G.S. The Building Of Australia  And The Succession  Of  Life:  With  Special  Reference  to   South Australia. 2 vols. illus. with numerous text plates.  dwgs. t/out.  or grey  wps.  roy.8vo.  pp.Vol.I.204   Vol.II.204 (Mesozoic and Cainozoic) fine set.    Price: $45.00
112. HUNT  R.A. A  Key To The  Identification  Of  Australian Snakes.  illus.  with one text dwg. & chart  pub.  Melb.  & reprinted from The Victorian Naturalist' nd.194-?  or.wps. 8vo. pp.16.     Price: $25.00

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113. IDSTONE The Dog. illus. with , frontis. 12 b/w full page engravings drawn n wood from life by Geroge Earl pub. Lond. Cassell, Petter and Galpin.. 1872 1st ed. or. cl. gilt dog on front cover, gilt titles on spine, 8vo. pp.258 adverts on front and rear end-papers, inc. pictures of horse carriages. This details the correct points of dogs of every breed, looking at champion dogs and their exhibitors and breeders. A very good copy, bright and clean.    Price: $300.00
114. JONES FREDERIC WOOD The Mammals Of South Australia. Parts I-III 1923-1925. profusely illus. with dwgs. & dgms. t/out. pub. Adel. Govt. Printer 1923-24-25 Handbooks of Flora & Fauna 3 vols. or. grey wps. 8vo. pp.458. v/fine.    Price: $125.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
115. JONES FREDERIC WOOD The Mammals Of South Australia. Parts I-III 1923-1925. profusely illus. with dwgs. & dgms. t/out. pub. Adel. 1969 or.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.458. v/fine facsimile of 1923 ed.    Price: $45.00

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116. KINGHORN  J.R. The Snakes Of Australia.  profusely  illus. with plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1961  or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.198.   Price: $40.00
117. LAIDLAW HARRY H.  Queen Rearing illus. with frontis. & 61 text- figures, b/w. plates, index; pub. Berkeley and Los Angeles University of California Press, or. light tan cl. 8vo. pp.VIII.166 History of queen rearing, the queen, the production of queen cells, queen-mating colonies, the care of queens, breeding and stock improvement, controlled mating, and the ailments of queen bees. Fine.    Price: $45.00
118. LEE CHRISTOPHER  Fish For Australian Freshwater Aquariums illus. with turquoise coloured endpapers, black-and-white illustrations, line drawings and 56 pages of coloured photography of various types of freshwater fish. pub. Sydney Paul Hamlyn 1975 1st. Australian Edition or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144. Fine.    Price: $35.00
119. LEEPER  G.W. The Evolution Of  Living  Organisms. symposium  to  mark the centenary of  Darwin's  `Origin  of Species'  and  of  the Royal Society of  Victoria  held  in Melbourne, Dec., 1959 illus. with plates, maps, dgms.  pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.460. some sl. water staining to bottom margin of pages, rear of book.     Price: $45.00
120. LE SOUEF A. S. & Harry Burrell with a chapter on the Bats of Australia and New Guinea by Ellis Le G. Troughton The Wild Animals Of Australasia. Embracing the Mammals of New Guinea & the Nearer Pacific Islands. illus. with 105 photo plates and 8 line drawings; pub. Lond. George Harrap & Co. 1926 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.388. f/free e/paper cut, very fine copy.     Price: $85.00

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121. LORD CLIVE E. & H.H. Scott A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals Of Tasmania. illus. with frontis. plates, diagrams t/out. pub. Hobart Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 1924 or. dark blue cl. 8vo. pp.340. sl. sunned to spine, sl. rubbed otherwise very good copy. Pencil marks t/out. Price: $135.00
122. LOW TIM Bush Medicine. A Pharmacopoeia of Natural Remedies. profusely  illus.  with col. plates t/out. many  full  pagepub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1990  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. roy.4to. pp.238.     Price: $60.00

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123. LOWE WILLOUGHBY P. The Trail that is Always New illus. with b/w. photographs and drawings by H.G. Gronvold and J.P.W. Lowe, map. pub. Gurney & Jackson, London 1932 1st ed. or. dark blue cl. t.e.g. pages rough-cut; 8vo. pp.XVIII.272. Lowe spent his career as a naturalist-collector for the British Museum and tells of his world-wide adventures. From the Rockies, Philippines, South Seas to an expedition through Kenya, Uganda, and the Nile with descriptions of the Masai and a buffalo charge, on safari in East Africa and experiences with a black mamba. The Red Sea and the Blue and White Nile, West Africa, Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal, to Siam and Madagascar. Ever faithful to the British Museum, the collections in the "Bird room" have been enriched by over 10,000 specimens shot and prepared by his hand or brought home by expeditions to which he was attached as the collector. His life was cut short by an unfortunate sailing accident shortly after this book was written.     Price: $90.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
124. LUNNEY  DANIEL DANIELLE AYERS Ed. by. Herpetology In Australia.  A  Diverse Discipline. illus. with  many  plates t/out. some full page and col. pub. Syd. Royal  Zoological Society  of N.S.W.  1993 or. stiff pict.  card  wps.  4to. pp.414.    Price: $70.00
125. McCUBBIN CHARLES Australian Butterflies. illus. with  over 330  species  in col. pub. Melb. Nelson  1971  or.cl.  d/w. folio pp.XXX.206. fine.     Price: $125.00
126. McKEEN KEITH C. Nature In Australia. illus. with  frontis. &  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1949  1st.ed. or. lt.grn. cl. 8vo. pp.XII.236.  sl.  rubbed otherwise fine.   Price: $30.00
127. McKEOWN  KEITH  C. Australian Spiders.  Their Lives  and Habits.  illus.  with  frontis. & 42 plates  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1952 or.grn. cl. 8vo. pp.274. v/good copy.     Price: $30.00
128. McKEOWN KEITH C. Spider Wonders Of Australia. illus. with frontis.  &  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1936 or.cl. 12mo. pp.XIV.270. very good copy.    Price: $30.00
129. McKEOWN KEITH C. Insect Wonders Of Australia. illus.  with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1935 or.cl.  d/w.  12mo. pp.X.252,8 advts. fine in  the  chipped d/w.   Price: $30.00

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130. McKEOWN   KEITH Australian  Insects.   An   Introductory Handbook. illus. with dwgs., plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Royal Zoological  Society  of  N.S.W.  1942  or.grn.cl.  roy.8vo. pp.304. very good copy. Price: $35.00
131. MacPHERSON  J. HOPE C.J. GABRIEL Marine  Molluscs  Of Victoria.  profusely  illus. with dwgs.  t/out.  pub.  Melb. M.U.P. 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.476.     Price: $65.00    Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
132. MARPLES THEO The Sealyham Terrier: His Origin, History, Show Points, and Uses as a Sporting Dog. How to breed, select, rear, and prepare for exhibition. illus. with frontis., and 32 full-page plates. pub. . Manchester: "Our Dogs" 1922 or. printed limp purple cl. 8vo. pp.68 1922 faded to spine, else very good; added: 2 photos of a terrier.     Price: $100.00
133. MARSHALL  A.J. (Ed.) The Great Extermination. A  guide  to Anglo-Australian  cupidity,  wickedness  and  waste.   with illus. e/papers  &  59 plates pub.  Melb.  Heinemann  1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222. sl. chipped d/w.     Price: $30.00
134. MARSHALL, N. B.     Developments In Deep-Sea Biology. illus. with plates, some col, some full page, 170 figures; pub. Eng. Poole: Blandford Press, 1979 1st. ed. or. cloth d/w. 8vo. pp.566 fine copy.    Price: $35.00
135. MARTIN MIA Dog Heraldry - The Official Collection of Canine Coats of Arms illus. with examples t/out. pub. New York: Howell Book House, 1996 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.142. fine copy.     Price: $60.00
136. MATHEWS  V.A.H. The  Cocker  Spaniel.  Standard,   Care, Showing,  Breeding.  illus. with frontis.  &  several  b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub